Button



F. R. WHITE.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION men FEB. 1s.' 1920.

1,378,077- Patented May 17, 1921.

ATTORNEYS UNirED STATES PATENT ortica; f

FRANKLIN It. uri-Irre, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR To THE PATENT BUTTON COMPANY, or WATEB'BURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATIONv orc'oN-lV NECTIGUT.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application med February 1e, 1920. serial Nb. 353,886.`

To all w hom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN R. WrrrTE,

a citizen of the UnitedV States, and a resident of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which the following 1s a specification. Y j

- My invention relates to buttons andparticularly to that type ofbutton wherein a metallic fastener is driven into the bodyV of the button and therein. y d d In this type of button l,it is essential that the metallic fastener be rigidly as well as permanently locked and anchored in place,

and so held' so as to prevent any slight turning or rocking movement,-which might in time tend to Vloosen the fastener and allow it to become detached from the body ofthe button. It is accordingly an objectof my invention to provide a button ofthe class described wherein the fastener upon being forcibly driven through the imperforate base of the button is embedded in a fibrous material, which is located in the'hub, and which material not only rigidly-holds the fastener against movement, but guides and directs it against the metallic anvil whereby the upper extremity of the Yprong of the Y fastener is headed. Y

A further object is to accomplishV the button herein described and Villustrated in the accompanying drawings, and in the comvbination and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction thereof, wherein it is to be understood that changes may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention y l The preferred embodiment of my invention is disclosed in the accompanying draw-v ings, wherein Figure 1 is a view infvertical'longitudinal section of a button embodying the characteristic features of my invention.

permanently anchored d button.

Fig'. 2 is a similar View, showing thefastener permanentlysecured in place. Y j Fig. 3 isla detail view in perspectiveof the non-metallic anchor ofthe button." y f Fig'. 4v is a view invertical sectio'nof a button for use with singleprong.

Fig 5 is a similar View', showing the me# ta-llic fastener or-tacl permanently anchored in place, and 'g Fig.` 6 isa view in perspective 'of the a fastener having. a'

non-metallic anchorfor lthisflattertype ofl Y Referring specifically vto the severalviews,

the button is composed Lof the body'A, prefi erably formed vwithjthe 'downwardlyprojecting hub 10, and imperforate--ba'se l111,fthe

latter. .being provided fwith 1 the annular i groove 12,- adapted to receive "and .guide the upstanding prongs 13 of the metallic fas-` tener therethrough.V 'l

Located within therhub l0 ofthe body .is the imperforate anchor la, preferably formed of non-metallic material, such'. as

liber and capablefof being molded, pressed.

or Otherwisev formed to. shape so as to'fit within the hub 10, and Contact with the base J v throughout the entire area of the latter, and

vto this end the anchor is provided with the annular groove 15V corresponding lto the groove12 of the base. Y

`The upper surface of the anchor extends substantiallyflush with the top of the hub the anchor 14 againstmovement.

y AIn attaching the buttonas thus construct- V10 and receives thereagainst the anvill. A

anvil 16 in place, which in turn rigidly holds n edl the prongs of the fastener are forcibly driven through the imperforate base 1 1, of the body, through the fibrous anchor 14 and are headed against 'the lower surface of the anvil 16. The'upset or headed portions of the prongs as well as the body portions thereof are firmlyr embedded in the anchorVl la and accordingly are'held rigidly against' movement, thus insuring that the `button,

will remain ytightly secured or attachedto the cloth or other' material B.v Y

In; thosev instances -wherea single prong i Y d' fastener is Ato be used, 'I lprefer'to form the* Abutton as illustrated'in Fig. 4, wherein the imperforate base25is provided with a single v Y and centrally located indentation or kgroove 26. The non-metallic anchor 2?, which entirely fills the hub is formed Witha corresponding groove 2S, and is held in place by the cap 29 and metallic anvil 30. Y In this type of button, When the single prong 3l of the fastener is forcibly driven through the cloth or other material B, it is guided through the imperforate base by v the groove 26, and passes through and eml beds itself in the anchor 27, the extremity l only holdsv the` fastener' .rigidly against.

movementfbut `'also due to theqmanner in which itsupports the entire hub of the button and prevents it from being crushed or f collapsed.

.Having thus described my invention, what Icla'imisz-l Y v -f 1. AA button comprising ing a.,hub"having an imperforate base and vl-lth 'day of a body, includV provided With a groove therein, an imperforate non-metallic anchor fitting Within and substantilly filling said hub.

2. A'buttonof the class describedcomprising a body including a hub and an imper forate base with a groove therein, a noninetallic anchor located Within said hub having 'a groove therein corresponding to the groove of the saidbase and an anvil Within the bodyV of said button and adapted to head theprong of a fastener against said anchor.

3. A button comprising a body including a hub having an imperforate base and provided With an angular groove therein, an

ilnperforate non-metallic anchorv tting Within and substantially filling said hub, and an anvil located Within said body adjacent said anchor and cooperating there- .with for the permanent securement of theL fastener tothe body of the button. y i Signed at Waterbury,V in the county of New Haven, and State ofl Connecticut, this Feb. A. D..-l920.

y t FRANKLIN n. WHITE. '.Vitnessesz.` Y y f LEWIS-VJ. HART, n n

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